With the Draft Lottery, all 14 non-playoff teams have an opportunity to win the draw. A win means that you can move up no more than four spots. For the teams ranked fifth or higher that means a draft lottery victory ensures they will win the coveted first-overall position.

The Oilers have a 18.8% chance of winning the draft lottery outright and gaining the first overall pick. If any team ranked third through seventh wins the lottery, the Oilers fall one spot to draft third. Otherwise, they will draft second.

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Current

------------- PERCENTAGES OF -------------

Non-Playoff Club *

Draft Pos.

Pts

If Selected

Winning

Getting 1st

Dropping

Not Dropping

Columbus

1

65

Retain 1st pick

25.0%

48.2%

51.8%

48.2%

Edmonton

2

74

2nd to 1st

18.8%

18.8%

39.2%

60.8%

Montreal

3

78

3rd to 1st

14.2%

14.2%

29.7%

70.3%

NY Islanders

4

79

4th to 1st

10.7%

10.7%

22.6%

77.4%

Toronto

5

80

5th to 1st

8.1%

8.1%

17.2%

82.8%

Anaheim

6

80

6th to 2nd

6.2%

0.0%

13.1%

86.9%

Minnesota

7

81

7th to 3rd

4.7%

0.0%

9.9%

90.1%

Carolina

8

82

8th to 4th

3.6%

0.0%

7.4%

92.6%

Winnipeg

9

84

9th to 5th

2.7%

0.0%

5.5%

94.5%

Tampa Bay

10

84

10th to 6th

2.1%

0.0%

3.9%

96.1%

Washington (from COL)

11

88

11th to 7th

1.5%

0.0%

2.4%

97.6%

Buffalo

12

89

12th to 8th

1.1%

0.0%

1.3%

98.7%

Dallas

13

89

13th to 9th

0.8%

0.0%

0.5%

99.5%

Calgary

14

90

14th to 10th

0.5%

0.0%

0.0%

100.0%

* or club acquiring non-playoff club's draft pick

Legend

Winning - percentage chance of winning the Draft Drawing (see above, 'If Selected')
Getting 1st - percentage chance of being awarded the first overall pick as a result of the Draft Drawing
Dropping - percentage chance of moving down in the draft order as a result of the Draft Drawing
Not Dropping - percentage chance of not moving down in the draft order as a result of the Draft Drawing

Summary Of Transferred Draft Picks

Colorado ato Washington: Washington traded Semyon Varlamov to the Colorado Avalanche for a first round pick in the 2012 NHL Entry Draft and a second round pick in the 2012 or 2013 NHL Entry Draft.